Poisonous Patriotism Sep 25, 2008
Unfortunately, the new patriotism is directed against the West and is fully capable of evolving into fascism ... In 2005, after the success of youth-led street protests in bringing a pro-Western regime to power in Ukraine's Orange Revolution, the Kremlin organized "Nashi," a 100,000-strong pro-Kremlin youth movement that was intended to oppose "fascism" (in effect, the political opposition) and promote the country's supposedly unique spiritual heritage. (Forbes)
Bizarre turn of events Sep 25, 2008
Call it socialism, call it fascism, or be like Oblahma and call it racism, whatever, I call it the end of an issue dimocrats could have made hay on. The end of an issue, because in your mind everything was just great. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bailout tests how much the American public will tolerate theft Sep 23, 2008
This isn't socialism, it's fascism. If the public allows this theft, then it will signal to powerful forces that they can essentially do anything, because the American public has become so mushy-headed that it will stand up for nothing. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Spike Lee picks a fight Sep 21, 2008
So you're a black soldier, you believe in red, white, and blue, you want to help defend this country against fascism. You look on the other side of the camp and the people you're being trained to kill have better housing than you, better food, and better medical care. (Boston Globe)
Credit Joe Louis with biggest Yankee Stadium save Sep 21, 2008
This was good versus evil, democracy against Fascism. If Louis couldn't beat Schmeling, whom the Nazis trumpeted as one of the finest specimens of their race, what chance did the rest of the world have against Adolf Hitler. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
The Royal Society has treated Michael Reiss badly Sep 19, 2008
If the reports are true (and with this subject you can never be sure that they are) the Royal Society is guilty of the sort of intellectual fascism that would disgrace Henry VIII. Will all scientists now have to take an oath of allegiance to Darwin or risk decapitation. Professor Terry Hamblin, Bournemouth, UK. (Times Online)
The Royal Society is sadly unenlightened on creationism Sep 18, 2008
Not for reasons of scientific fascism, not because anyone is scared of debating the topic (bored by, yes, scared of, no) but simply for reasons of time. There is less room for science in creationism than there is in homoeopathy or alien abduction, it is on a par with astrology. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ad... Sep 18, 2008
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross. . (The Drudge Report)
WASH POST: Drudge-ology 101... Sep 18, 2008
Drudge-ology 101: McCain, Obama and Media Bias - The Fix. Play the electoral outcome prediction game. (The Drudge Report)
How Wall St. thanks us Sep 18, 2008
Taxpayer-funded bailout of Wall Street Big Money is Socialism for the Rich also known as Fascism. But then every American aware that Bush did 9/11, that his father killed Kennedy to keep us in Vietnam, that his grandfather funded Hitler for Rome s Black Aristocracy, already knew America s Founders were de facto anti-fascist Whigs, and that whig means anti-Roman Catholic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Election Letters 2008 (Sept. 18) Sep 18, 2008
As Sinclair Lewis said in 1935: Fascism will come to this country wrapped in a flag and carrying a Bible. Barack Obama may or may not be a progressive who believes in working for the common good rather than the select few and only his successful election and time will tell. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The Great Crash of 1929, and lessons taming the crisis of 2008 Sep 17, 2008
The depression also saw the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany, which heralded the onset of World War II. Paradoxically, the arms spending provoked by that conflict was a major factor in ending the economic slide that had begun on "Black Thursday.". It was not until 1954, amid the reconstruction boom that followed the war, that the Dow Jones index finally returned to, and overtook, the level of mid-1929. (India Times)
TALK WARS: WGN-AM radio once again target of Obama campaign... Sep 17, 2008
Why would Obambi try to squelch any comments which may prove unfavorable to himself, isn't that Fascism ... Glimpse of the fascism to come. (The Drudge Report)
Bush's war moves on par with Hitler's Sep 17, 2008
Fascism is not upon the USA. " TDN Bad Boy wrote on Sep 16, 2008 4:45 PM:" Here is a simple comparision between Obama and Bush: Obama, no military experience or leadership; McCain -- a decorate Navy pilot who sacrificed 5-plus years of his life in a POW camp during a war created by the Democrats under Kennedy and LBJ. Obama, top executive skill -- community organizer; McCain -- 30 years in government, and a military officer. Obama, biggest Senatorial moment -- a stamp for Rosa Parks; McCain,... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Socialists want to run this country! Sep 16, 2008
Wait a minute didn t that Goldberg guy just write a book about Liberal Fascism. So, Obama must be a Muslim, Communist and a Fascist. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Palin: Library censorship inquiries 'Rhetorical' Sep 16, 2008
Mike Beech- Pittsburgh PA wrote on Sep 14, 2008 9:56 AM:" "When fascism comes to America , it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. "- Sinclair Lewis, 1935 ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Righting the left Sep 14, 2008
Levy's big fear is that although the left was eventually victorious over the previous forms of totalitarianism represented by fascism and communism, it has lost its way in dealing with such contemporary issues as genocide and terrorism ... Levy is convinced that one reason we do not respond forcefully to Islamofascism-- a term he is perfectly willing to use--is because the world is rife with anti-Semitism. (Boston Globe)
Podcast: I Spy a Belated Confession Sep 13, 2008
It s the ideology that put the Socialism in National Socialism, a non-Marxist version of Socialism called Fascism that Mussolini derived from Socialism that Ernst Roehm and Hitler adapted. To claim Fascism and Socialism are different is to make a distinction without a difference. (New York Times)
Newsweek: Political punch lines Sep 12, 2008
this was wrote by Dr. Britt, political scientist, about "Fascism" ( 2003 pg. 20) incase some bloggers want to look it up. (MSNBC -- Politics)
At Akron Art Museum: Fighting Nazism with art Sep 12, 2008
To attack the twin behemoths of fascism and Adolf Hitler, the little German (just over 5 feet tall) used satire; he exaggerated or riffed on the terrible truths of what he saw happening around him. Using parts of various photographs and drawings, he put together absurd combinations of objects, distortions of scale, and often added ironic words and sayings. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
80% in France... Sep 11, 2008
Charles Bremner - Times Online - WBLG: Barack Obama, the French American idol. Barack Obama, the French American idol. (The Drudge Report)
Mexican official: Oregon man drowned in own blood Sep 11, 2008
I dont care what race a person is, fascism is fascism no matter what color. Border agent wrote on Sep 10, 2008 6:05 AM:Loco girl. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
New world disorder Sep 11, 2008
Historian Theodore von Laue called this "the world revolution of Westernization." In 20th-century Europe, liberal democracy faced two powerful versions of modernity that were Western but illiberal: fascism and communism. Part of these systems' appeal was precisely that they were modern. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Was Mussolini Misunderstood? Sep 11, 2008
Interviewed by Milan daily Corriere Della Sera following a visit to Israel, Alemanno, who also belongs to National Alliance, said he did not consider fascism an "absolute evil." While racial laws passed by Mussolini in the last five years of his two-decade reign were abhorrent, Alemanno told the newspaper, "fascism was a more complex phenomenon. Many people signed up in good faith." ... Alemanno hinted at the need in Italy for the kind of rigidly controlled, law-abiding society that was said to... (Time.com)
Does the Truth Matter Anymore? Sep 10, 2008
Does the Truth Matter Anymore. - PostPartisan - Quick takes by The Post s opinion writers. (Washington Post)
Palin lies could lead to Bridge to Oblivion Sep 10, 2008
It s sweet for them (and sounds alot like fascism to me). And in the meantime, the average American gets screwed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Rome mayor: Fascism not evil but 'complex' Sep 9, 2008
Rome mayor: Fascism not evil but 'complex ... Outage in Italy as Rome's mayor refuses to condemn fascism as evil ... Gianni Alemanno slams Mussolini's racial laws; says fascism was 'complex. (CNN -- World)
Palin’s views, life don’t jibe Sep 8, 2008
desertique wrote on Sep 7, 2008 11:28 AM:" Definition of Fascism -1 - an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government.Source - The Compact Oxford English DictionaryStrengthening and Enforcement of Anti-trust Laws" as follows. "The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Back to the good old ways Sep 7, 2008
Some say the movie is brutal but truthful, others call it fascism on film. The Berlin jury awarded it the Golden Bear. (Boston Globe)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 6, 2008 Sep 7, 2008
"Ha ha.I'll bet he thinks it was just hilarious when McCain "joked" about bombing Iran, and starting more wars with which to put our brave troops in harm's way.Hilarious.This says much more about Raoul than most of the other hateful, nasty attack-dog comments he fouls this page with. Alf wrote on Sep 6, 2008 2:40 PM:Well, "Bill" at 12:56PM,the Mirriam-Webster Online defines FASCISM as -"1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation... (North County Times)
European Union to ban 'sexist' TV commercials... Sep 6, 2008
" Hmmm, state-conrolled speech. Just what the dictator ordered. Is this the New Europe I've been hearing about? Oliver on September 05, 2008 at 05:24 PM Once I was watching TV in Europe. I saw this ad for soap with a bunch of naked girls taking a shower. This, I thought,is wonderful and how God wanted TV to be. Lawrence E. on September 05, 2008 at 05:24 PM If this leads to an end of 'Married With Children' there will be RIOTS I tell you, and I will be the one starting them. Darren on September... (The Drudge Report)
Obama-backer Annette Bening pillories Palin... Sep 5, 2008
" The exact same thing can be asked about Obama. Scary thing is, Obama is the one who is running for President.AlFri, Sep 5, 08 at 12:40 AMOh, my previous comment needs to be reviewed by an editor, what's up with that??? Oh right, it's canada.com... clear example at what socialism and fascism look like.. by the way, this is what you all B.Hussein Obama supporters are rooting for... good job. *MODERATOR'S COMMENT: Freedom of speech does not mean you get to post inaccuracies, libel, cursing or... (The Drudge Report)
French Lessons: A Memoir by Alice K... Sep 5, 2008
Fascism and intellectualism in twentieth-century France would become a recurring theme in her academic work. Deconstructionist Theory and Fascist Intellectuals. (Suite101.com)
Setting aside the sleaze - for now Sep 2, 2008
PROTEST WATCH: There was a big protest march in St. Paul against war and fascism and injustice and corporations in general, so these things should be pretty much eliminated any minute now. But the Republican convention is apparently going to march grimly on for a couple more days. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Cindy: I'm Offended by Obama's Speech... Aug 31, 2008
Political Radar: Cindy McCain tells Stephanopoulos that Obama Offended Her. Cindy McCain tells Stephanopoulos that Obama Offended Her. (The Drudge Report)
SHOWDOWN: Obama campaign confronts talkradio station over 'right-wing hatchet man'... Aug 29, 2008
change to freaking fascism. And they compare Bush to Hitler. (The Drudge Report)
America has a chance to regain respect Aug 27, 2008
" Prove it. What tenets of fascism has the president practiced? I can prove the socialism claims quite easily. Voting record, academic thesis, hanging out with hardcore socialists, speeches, Praising the Chinese government. Voting record is the big one. ". Phil wrote on Aug 26, 2008 12:43 PM:" Easy - spying on Americans without a warrant - totalitarianism. Making energy policy in secret meetings with the oil/gas companies - pure facism. Revealing the name of a covert CIA operative - traitor... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
A Spontaneous Eco-Wander Through Germany Aug 26, 2008
Likewise, New York-based artist blended human and natural elements to portray fascism as a kind of extinct species. She'd mounted hundreds of butterflies in glass cases amid tiny photos of Nazi history folded in two like butterflies. (Slate)
Letters to the editor (42) Aug 21, 2008
The rest of the world has a meaner and more accurate term: fascism. Tucker Selko. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Swedish wrestler throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit... Aug 15, 2008
" The Power of the Peacock knows no bounds... Mac on August 14, 2008 at 03:08 PM To Sune Slips: As one of those people you're "SICK AND TIRED" of, I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't speak for every American, yet I'm sure most of us don't believe we have the cure for all that ails this planet but we do play an important role in supporting democratic freedom for our friends and giving financial aid to others in need. I'll be the first to admit that we often stick our nose in places we shouldn't... (The Drudge Report)
Bronstein: Did the media drop ball on Edwards? Aug 10, 2008
The entire USA economy has been undermined by Republican fascism, and greed. NOTHING good has come of 8 years of Republican corruption. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views Aug 8, 2008
Webster says fascism: a totalitarian governmental system led by a dictator and emphasizing and aggressive nationalism, militarism, and often racism ... And yes, Ive read enough books on Hitler and Mussolini to know that it wasnt Marxist who painted fascism as a right-wing idea, it was the right-wing itself ... " The Cat wrote on Jul 31, 2008 10:27 AM:" Heretic: Indoctrinated progressive, fascism is a leftwing philosophy even though the marxists have tried to paint it as a... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Smedley Butler Aug 6, 2008
After retiring, he became an avid pacifist and fierce opponent of fascism in America ... When he was turned down for a high ranking post, Butler retired from active duty and began a lucrative career as a writer and spokesperson for the American League Against War and Fascism. (Suite101.com)
Forgetting the Evils of Communism Aug 6, 2008
Having recently published a book on fascism, I think I understand why so many people refused to see the evil in communism ... Location: NJ Reply # 2 Date: Aug 6, 2008 - 8:39 AM EST Fascism Never Goes Away--It Just Sleeps The lessons of Germany under the Nazi regime and the Soviet Union under the Communists are clear to almost all of us. (Townhall.com)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn On The New Russia Aug 6, 2008
Will Russia not lurch from one despotism, communism, to another, fascism. Today people commonly use the word "fascism" instead of "national socialism." Presumably this is what you are asking. (Forbes)
Are You Ready for Carbon Rationing? Aug 5, 2008
Beisner: Its not by accident that rationism and fascism sound so much alike. Fascism is all about government control of peoples lives ... This is called fascism. (Townhall.com)
An L.A. punk legend -- back from the grave? Aug 5, 2008
Crash professes an interest in Hitler and fascism, and writes ad copy mocking the Holocaust that even Slash, L.A.'s rock mag, won't publish ... The drugs, the flirtation with fascism, the slovenliness and violence and anarchic noise and incomprehensible stream-of-unconsciousness lyrics were not just facts. (Salon)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Aug 2, 2008
Koepp could have created a South American archeologist to personalize the threat of global fascism. Indy s quote of Robert Oppenheimer quoting from a Hindu bible ( Now I am become death a destroyer of worlds ) lacks urgency; avoiding that the kind of chauvinism is what makes The Last Crusade the peak Indy film. (New York Press)
REVOLT ON HILL: LIGHTS OUT Aug 2, 2008
Fascism always arrives from the left. Still the republicans have no one to blame but themselves, given their whimpy lackluster performance the past eight (8 for the leftest gaggle) years. (The Drudge Report)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 1, 2008 Aug 2, 2008
"So, tell me, Bill, how much can they afford for an entirely new car?By the way, after you buy the all electric, you don't have to buy gas and there is virtually no maintenance. How many people can afford gas and maintenance?Why are so many conservatives such "CAN'T DO" pessimists? Wondering wrote on Aug 1, 2008 2:34 PM:No, Alf, I changed the filters after several weeks, when the particulate was out of the air -- at a HUGE cost for my cars. The "little oil companies" of the US (actually "tiny"... (North County Times)
Closing the Ring: Quality World War II drama Aug 2, 2008
Three mates in the U.S. Air Force Teddy (Stephen Amell), Jack (Gregory Smith) and Chuck (Toronto's David Alpay) are getting ready to fight global fascism. In the meantime, they're all enjoying leave with the fetching Ethel (Mischa Barton) who has charmed them all to various degrees. (Toronto Star)
The McCain Record: Taxes Jul 31, 2008
How the Serbian butcher's disguise gives aid and comfort to Liberal Fascism. Timothy Noahposted July 23, 2008. (Slate)
Socialism roots run deep Jul 25, 2008
shdware wrote on Jul 24, 2008 9:13 AM:" Slow your roll there, Dee. I think it is very difficult for fascism and communism to coincide.I think I understand the point that you are trying to make, but the pointed example you've made in comparison isn't going to win you any gold ribbons for comparison.Hitler believed himself to be God-fearing, and looked for Christian relics to act as protection for the last part of his rule. Remember - the Ku Klux Klan believe themselves to be good Christians too,... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Berliners welcome Obama as they did JFK Jul 24, 2008
Berlin is special in the American framework, too: the place where fascism peaked and was defeated; ground zero for the fight over the political values of democracy and communism, for Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today it is where East meets West in a vastly freer but more complicated world. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power (138) Jul 24, 2008
Actually, this cynical moronic crap is more destructive than the outright fascism, because it's more insidious. Will Obama change everything. (Salon)
5 comments Jul 23, 2008
Ayn Rand likens it to Fascism and I agree. Brian S, Simsbury, CTJul 22, 2008 @ 01:28 PMSounds like the "Law of Unintended Consequences" has not been repealed. (Human Events Online)
Letter:Change scares some folks Jul 22, 2008
dgsma wrote on Jul 9, 2008 10:31 AM:" To compare Obama to Hitler is proving the writer's point- fear of change produces hysterical responses, especially when it comes from people who are unable or unwilling to view reality from the standpoint of other human beings. The heart of Fascism is really fear of change- exactly the things you espouse... ". Robert D. Geach Sr. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 7:44 AM:" Obama is at heart a Marxist-Fascist and a Democrat taxer. He is no more for small business than... (Montana Standard, MT)
The Joker's on to us Jul 21, 2008
" As if Batman didn't have enough problems. Batman has unresolved orphan grief; Batman has difficulties with authority; Batman is rife with hints of inappropriateness (how many teenage boys have been his Robin by now?); Batman stands for fascism; Batman has bad manners (who told him it was OK to crash through the skylight?; why does he disappear when you're asking him a question?); Batman has terrible girlfriends (Catwoman, for one), whom he treats badly, anyhow; Batman has issues, which are... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
PELOSI tries to broker exit... Jul 20, 2008
The Crypt: Pelosi calls for high-level meeting with Iraqis - Politico. " He then added: "U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is right when he talks about 16 months. (The Drudge Report)
Captive Nations Week, 2008 Jul 19, 2008
In the 20th century, the evils of Soviet communism and Nazi fascism were defeated and freedom spread around the world as new democracies emerged. Today, our Nation faces new struggles with adversaries who murder the innocent and seek to subject millions to their violent, totalitarian rule. (White House News Releases)
Andrew J. Bacevich Jul 18, 2008
Since 9/11, he has insistently argued that the correct name for the conflict commonly known as the global war on terror is actually World War IV. Podhoretz s logic runs like this: the Cold War was really World War III, essentially a replay of World War II, the threat posed by communism serving as a variant of the old threat posed by fascism ... The imperative of the moment was to launch yet another crusade on behalf of freedom and democracy, this time against a third totalitarian ideology that... (The American Conservative)
Scott McConnell Jul 18, 2008
For the rest, the virile alternative was fascism: order, modernism, trains on time, a vigorous and to its admirers poetic mass politics for anti-Marxists. By contrast, the bourgeois and social-democratic parties seemed exhausted. (The American Conservative)
Adam Bellow Agonistes Jul 18, 2008
My own view, after reading The Enemy at Home (see "") and Liberal Fascism (see "?") is. Yes, these books are more deeply researched than the typical Coulter screed and deserve to be taken seriously. (Slate)
Gleefully weird, the Joker's the triumph Jul 17, 2008
As for Batman, he's portrayed as a man with a weakness for the accoutrements of fascism (control, secrecy, technology and cool costumes), which is kept in check by his instinctive, if badly articulated sense of conscience. Compared with the Joker, Batman always sounds as though he came a little late to class: I was meant to inspire goodness, he laments, not madness, not death. (Globe and Mail)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Jul 17, 2008
His original scripts ( The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth) use the horror genre to explore the genuinely terrifying historical phenomenon of fascism. If you haven't seen these movies, you must. (Comic Book Bin)
